What is better-writing?
better-writing is a Claude skill by forjd that rewrites AI-sounding prose without inventing facts; eval-tested. It is listed under Engineering practice and has 44 GitHub stars.
| Type | Claude skill |
|---|---|
| Author | forjd |
| Repository | forjd/better-writing |
| Popularity | 44 GitHub stars |
| Category | Engineering practice |
| Security | Low risk (100/100) |
| Rank | #986 of 1,262 Claude skills; #175 in Engineering practice |
| SKILL.md length | 103 lines |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-10-07 |
| Stars this week | +6 |
Is better-writing safe to install?
better-writing scores 100/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. No checks raised a concern. It passed 9 of 9 checks.
Skill results come from a static scan of its SKILL.md for instruction overrides, hidden actions, risky commands and credential access.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| No instruction-override phrases | Pass |
| No hidden actions | Pass |
| No pipe-to-shell installers | Pass |
| No obfuscated code | Pass |
| No destructive commands | Pass |
| Doesn't ask for keys or credentials | Pass |
| No network requests | Pass |
| No shell commands | Pass |
| Installs no packages | Pass |
How do I install better-writing?
- Install with the skills CLI. Works for Claude Code and other agents that read skills.
npx skills add https://github.com/forjd/better-writing --skill better-writing
- Or copy it by hand. Claude Code loads any folder with a SKILL.md from ~/.claude/skills.
git clone https://github.com/forjd/better-writing cp -r better-writing/skills/better-writing ~/.claude/skills/better-writing
- Use it. Claude loads the skill when a task matches its description. You can also name it in your prompt.
Use the better-writing skill to …
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs better-writing for you:
Install the "better-writing" skill from https://github.com/forjd/better-writing/tree/main/skills/better-writing into ~/.claude/skills, then tell me in one line what it does.